BETA Beta version. If anything looks wrong, please tell us through the feedback form. Send feedback

As of round 17 Race · updated 10/13/2026, 07:18 PM (Japan time)

Riders

Christian Pistoni

No freely licensed photo found, so the race number and team colour are shown instead. About photos

Nationality
Italy Italy
Bike
Yamaha
Born
May 30, 1980(age 46)
Birthplace
Reggide

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Share Post on X

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Sachsenring in 2002.

Read more

In 125cc (2002): 5 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (2003): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 7 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 0 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Starts with no race result

The official records keep only the qualifying order and the starting grid for these races; the race result is missing (the official site has none either).

YearEventClassGridQualifying
2002Portuguese GP125cc331'51.600

Season by season

125cc250cc ★ Champion

15101520253019971998199920002001200220032002 125cc: P30 / 4 pts / 0 wins125cc

The strip shows each year's team (team colour). Tap for team and machine

Scope: official results DB, 1997–2003 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

125cc1997–2002
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P19.0

4 pts · Poles 0

Includes 4 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

3 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

250cc2003–2003
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P19.5

0 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1997–2003 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1997. Of the 73 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Greats: 2+ world titles or 30+ MotoGP / 500cc wins. Up to 4 who shared 10+ races, most titles first. A finisher counts as ahead of a non-finisher.

Results by condition (races)

All classes 10 races · 125cc / 250cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Rio125cc 1avg P19.0
Imola125cc 1avg P19.0
Mugello250cc 1avg P19.0
Assen250cc 1avg P20.0
Brno125cc 1—
Sachsenring125cc 1—
Motegi125cc 1—
Phillip Island125cc 1—
Sepang125cc 1—
Valencia125cc 1—

Average finish across classes (Moto3, Moto2, MotoGP and so on together). See each class below for class-only figures. Only circuits with 3+ races count as a best track.

250cc 2 races · 2003

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Mugello1 racesavg P19.0
Assen1 racesavg P20.0

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 16〜.

125cc 8 races · 1997–2002

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Rio1 racesavg P19.0
Imola1 racesavg P19.0
Brno1 races—
Sachsenring1 races—
Motegi1 races—
Phillip Island1 races—
Sepang1 races—
Valencia1 races—

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 16〜.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1997–2003 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)1 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 400 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 125 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 36,387 miles
1.5× around the Earth · at least 3.2 days

From 1949. Every session in the seasons with the lap analysis documents, races only before. Tests not included. Laps × that year's lap length.A minimum, calculated from straight-line distances between circuits. Connections, tests and trips home are not included, so the real figures are longer.

Every race

No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)

? How the estimate is made

Estimate = average of the last 3 races before each absence

Seasons in which at least half of the races were started | Scope: official results DB, 1997–2003 (the rider's racing years)

Feedback and error reports

MotoRaceLab improves every day thanks to our readers' feedback. The editors read everything we receive, and changes we make are announced in the Changelog. If you wish, we will list your nickname on our Contributors page.

Type
Sent automatically
Page
Part of the page
Device

We do not ask for your e-mail or real name, and we do not store IP addresses.